# Do you personally know of any dogs with these names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194 "2023-02-02T06:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/41 "2023-02-02T23:00:47Z")
My next dog will be named Askem. Stranger: What’s his name? Me: Askem mmm ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/42 "2023-02-02T23:02:21Z")
If I ever run out of animals to name my dogs after, and start going to novelty names, “The Other One” is top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/43 "2023-02-02T23:21:06Z")
I have a Luna - a black Lab (Cedarwoods Moon On Fire) I had a horse named Spot, I showed him under In The Spotlight. He was a plain red horse with one tiny white fleck on his ribs. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/44 "2023-02-02T23:30:11Z")
According to the article below, the name Fido… > …became internationally iconic when a floppy-eared dog came into Abraham Lincoln’s life five years before he became President of the U.S.A. That dog was named Fido. Lincoln didn’t keep Fido, and the poor dog was “assassinated” a year after Abe. [https://www.yummypets.com/mag/2019/05/09/129097/why-are-dogs-called-fido-rover-and-spot](https://www.yummypets.com/mag/2019/05/09/129097/why-are-dogs-called-fido-rover-and-spot) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/45 "2023-02-02T23:33:08Z")
I had a stuffed animal as a kid named “Spot”, but I don’t think that counts (I was terribly unoriginal at naming stuffed animals). ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/46 "2023-02-03T00:19:25Z")
I had a cat with that name back in my single days. My room mate and I would hold parties, and the girls would always ask “what’s the kittie’s name?” Some did - they were keepers! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/47 "2023-02-03T03:29:51Z")
A family in the neighborhood had a dog named “Dog” and a cat named “Cat.” The father’s name was “Guy” and IIRC, the compromise was that the mother named the children and the father named the pets. OK, I just made up that last part. I really don’t remember why they did that. ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/48 "2023-02-03T03:35:44Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > If I ever run out of animals to name my dogs after, and start going to novelty names, “The Other One” is top of my list. I knew of a dog named Other. No idea why they named it that…maybe it was short for “The Other One”. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/49 "2023-02-03T03:41:57Z")
My dogs’ names are Dick and Jane. My kids Rover and Fido named them. Smart-ass kids. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/50 "2023-02-03T03:50:42Z")
As I recall, there really was a dog named Spot. It wasn’t spotted though. I remember back when Fido was a popular name for a cat. We had both The Other One and Not The Other One at one point. We were in denial that they were our cats, but what did we know. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/51 "2023-02-03T03:51:07Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Mittens is the Fido of cat names. Well, when you find a tiger-striped cat with 4 white paws, and the white doesn’t go much past the pads, what else are you going to name him/her? 🙂 (yes, me and my sibs chose that for the stray cat our family adopted when we were single-digit ages) ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/52 "2023-02-03T15:05:55Z")
Same. But they spell it Diogi ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/53 "2023-02-03T15:35:28Z")
Yeah, no idea how they spell it, just going by pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/54 "2023-02-03T16:05:53Z")
Do they name their cats Sieiti? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/55 "2023-02-03T21:54:20Z")
I knew a cat named Rover, and he had that name even before he disappeared for six years and came back minus his boy parts. He lived to age 21. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/56 "2023-02-06T14:49:10Z")
My first dog, and best ever so far, was named Fido and lived to be 19. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/57 "2023-02-06T14:56:24Z")
I may have gone with McDowall. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/58 "2023-02-06T15:27:13Z")
Hey! I’m the one who makes the shitty animal names jokes, example: you get a new kitten, you name it Forman or Carlisle (This is our new Kitty, Forman. Ha, ha, ha, ha!). A Doberman: Gillis (This is our new Dobie, Gillis!) Don’t make me drag more out of the closet. (McDowall is actually quite good.) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/59 "2023-02-06T15:37:01Z")
A friend named her female dog Karma, because Karma is a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194/60 "2023-02-06T16:32:03Z")
I used to have a habit of naming pets for other animals - a small dog named “Mouse”, a tuxedo cat named “Penguin”. My son-in-law got a choco-lab and named it “Cooper”. I asked how many barrels it had made today. Son-in-law did not get the reference. My sister named her dog “Carrie”, which also happens to be the name of our cousin, who we are close to. A bit odd, if you ask me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194.md?page=4)